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OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES
EXCLUSIVE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
VOL. XXVI. No. 22G.
CITY EDITION
OKLAHOMA CITY MONDAY JANUARY 4 1015
PRICK ONI OUT.
TH
SENATE GNHE
win r m
1 1 mtmmm me mm lWlbl
Only Fight at Medina Toiiijrlii
to Be For President
'I ( III I'oMllun.
If i "PL? IV Villi liLTU t'L'V 'I'll II
Doth E. I Mitchell aiwl C.
Shaw Declare The) Are
Asbured of Flace.
Melectlou of president pro liii of i '
111 swiale of the Oklahoma Icglsl
lure will be finally uncle at a caucus
lo be held tonight and Senator K I..
Mitchell of Cheyenne linger Mills
county will In- the choice If I In- ux
ertlous nf his friends tuiilerliill'f.c.
Senator Mitchell says In- mm has
twenty eight vnli'i pledged Ii him
mid If this IiiiIiIn gntsl in I In' IIiihI lost
of strength In' will 1m it I I lie place.
However Senator C. (' Slum U Just
lot sure liml In has l( n ntlii'i' can
illdstes are In Hie rare to preside orr
Ul Upper house.
Itolh uatiflrd
It la believed IhHt all preliminaries
lll tlie organization nf Hie iiiht house
will lie completed Ht I III' caucus to-
ul tf tit without liltrb. There was n'lil
ly no great fight mi niiy of the places j
Hiul with the riiii- fur president pro 1
trill down to two aspirants It In be-1
lleved the one showing tbe L'reiilost :
strength on tbe first trial jvlll bnv
run away aflir that it im r ireu
that either one of the ciinillilaleM
would timke 11 Hplendld prelillna nffl-
cer both biivlnif bad eM'rleinv In
leglalatlvv iniilliTH 11111I mipialiiliil
with the rulcH Kovernlni! iiiirllmiiou-
taryr pnilnre
Henator M S. niawhiiraino of Sal-
Iliuiw one of the holdover. In the hoii
nte. will le ierinanent elmlrmaii of
the tiiH-r boiiKe chikuk. It U mi ler-
at.HMl that thin hH- Ihi. d.H-bleil i.n.
) wax mimed as tetnioriiry .hair
man and tl.U will la tiw.de irmmiei.t
lit the caii.iw tfiilfrtit. Senator lllaa-
alnitame Ih one of the bit H.teil
nieinoera In tbe enate and will make
good floor leader.
Motrin Ih CeHaln.
There will Ihj no mm mane m j-
It. Morrla aa aecretary of the senate
ly reawm of Mng am refary of tbe
tabs election hoard. In fact the Br-
Kumetit la being uaed that Iiihkiiiiii'Ii
aa he waa aecretary of the election
board during the laat two election
and that thM ebJrtloua were handled I
without even couiolalut from Ihe He-
imbllcan. there la no reaaorr Tor a'
hange u the of floe.
This phsae of the situation apis-alnl
to the members of the aenate and they
were aatlafled to let It go at that.
Other offlrs of the aenate will prob 1
ly lie aoleeted tonight Charley Uoff
la lielleved to be In the lead for acr
geant it arroa. but there are several ;
annlh-anl. for the nla. None of the
employ will bo named at the caurua
tonight although It Is midcrHtood that
c.me have been nsv ' of mpi ort.
It U believed II' me Ideas of
economy will he cihtI.hI out In the
tenet ai In the house regarding the
number of employe. In the latter
place It la underatood that advice
from an official source canned pre-
rautlon Id the number of employes in
the bonae. It la powlble this mens
lire will not be neceaaary In the upiier
house.
TRAIL OF GRAIN
CAUSES ARRESTS
Hele in Smrk of Molest Chicken f eed
Proves Undoing ef Eight .Negroes
Held Fee Invssilfatlon.
Bight negroes sua pacta In a grain
robbery from the Dunn leed company.
t'JO Weat Second street last night were
arrested thla morning and sre held
pending Investigation by the city po
line.
A clear trail left by a stream of
grain which eacaied from a hole In a
sack was fouud this morning by em-
ployees st the grain yard and was
followed to a negro shanty on West
. tleeond streot.
When told of tbe way In which they
wore detected tbe negroes looked st
each other and grinned. The trail of
chicken feed led to a negro bouse and
up the stairs to a room lu which the
grsln was found without a break In
the trail.
Much petty thievery baa gone nn
firoeevuled lalely according to the po-
lice and owners of the grain com
)ny. The negoea If guilty wilt he
heavily fined lu order to stamp out tbe
trouble In that part of towu. It 1. 'M
"IMHl" Bl'KMAN BREAKS
THREE WORIi) RECORDS
(' nakcrsfleld Cal. Jan. 4. "Bob"
llursnan In a aanctloued race with
Barney Oldfletd here broke the offi-
cial records of the American Automo-
litle assodsttou for the five miles 35
miles and 60 miles distant oil a one-
mile ctrculsr dirt track. He cut the
five mile from 4 :08 1 2 to 4 :02. Ills
fifty miles were done lu 40:rV8 ss
iigslnst 47 :2l bv Dlshrow st Han Jose
and his 25 miles In ):2M R. us
ngslnst the previous best time of Ti :W.
MOTHER DEPLANCK DKD;
WAS FOUNDER OF COL1.KGE
Ashevllle N. C.'. Jan. 4- Mother De-
raanck bead nf tbe Hlaters of the or-
tr of ChrUtlsn Kducatlou In tlie
1'alUMl Rtatea and norther superior nf
.. U Oenerlre's col legs which she
fonaded here In lttOH died in n ho
' dlal at Baltimore accord ln f 'n-
rVnnatloa received here
MOB HANGS
TWO BLACKS
WHO KILLED
.MiuiiKMiii i y Am .Lin I Kd. tun!
W IM Sinlili .'!. c li!in-e.l vllh
liiillin Inn In Hi" iiHsu-liiiitloti af It.
-IIK
i ll :l I i' 11 fl'llllo. . tt rlr taken
i I I flllllipkll. A ! tt I fl t lilt . In
I UTr lilliu I'.'. Hii'l' III''
H I l I'll Inn Into In -in I' 111.' II.'
1 1
till) t I
MlllltlM
'.Jill'-.
H H (li . . i 4 i i lllr ilKimi
telephone In Untiinm II Nr.il s .rfi.
here ul 1.1 ..V.. U tl.L .l. tin..
mob had taken three prisoners from i
1 1 h Wetiimpka Jh II. flflts'ii utiles from
(m. Montgomery. AdjiitMin (;.mi.thi s.iii
Iv bus Im'cii ordered In II mil I !-'
HIM-.- MniKni.uinrv iini.-K r im
L- -r
MOKK EVIDENCE.
A final statement of the total
receipts of Ihe Oklahoma ( It)
poHnfflre for the year IKII
compiled today by Postmaster
II. Faittiiian hIiowi a gain of
ti('?l:tl over the prrvioiw Iwehe
iiiuiilhn iwriod.
The rereiplH lor the raleinlar
year IHlit ere $:n7.570.l
uliile fur IUII Ihey were 1 1 III.-
(Mil! III. I hU khIii ii. loiihidrred
additional and iililanllaJ 11 1
iliiKi' nf Im Tf hhmik ii(iierlty of
Ol.lahoma (lit.
MOTHER'S 'DEATH
ilTIII i-1 1 1 I I ri
letal lnnnlicl men The Hurvlvora aa-
slow I'oIihiii KilU Seronil Member of'm Ihrlr llveH by siirrcmleiiliK.
Jajiiih : UoiiuirH lliis'.iiiul and :ii ll-lii fl lilln.' nroiioil liorlli
t'i.r.r VI I.. T.ll.
Ntw Ylrk .Inn. I Slow iilmm ad
mliiUlerml ihns am. bv Mrn. nm
...
"K''Ik to her iwo l.al.l.M 1 bernelf
Icttullril In Hie ilenih imlay nf ihe old
.r cidbl John ap'il tun. I..nlln elhl
mill)lN n . Tlij
. u .X1.
b(lU KM()1( ... ( wlnj
u U(ml .. llwtttlt( ( .
Hrl(J)M (ll .. (.y lv
Ktl) k(1l u .k
bedside lie bad no 1 oiiiinciil to make;
. n m.h AnMe u(.ir. Uor-
. iivtir 1 ur.rs in IIKHt. nor
Mr rMrMup il.l.M utr HnKera. who;n" ''- to flleiusv
..... ti.icrs In linn mul llvisl with """ m" Als"" h cmm
h m HN 1... uiver .Ide 1 'll-r't eaimoiiadliiK wbh r
I tlliilaily violent. ur batterlea alum-'
. led their Hiiis-rlorlty and brought uu
iilTlf im OWIVUI)
111 I 1 J I oUUiilill.
'
I 1 1 11 1 TL' I V PCC1
A 1 1 Ml U M A Lkto
Nation Wide Campaign to ( ainte Re
vlval of (onimerrlal Activity
l
l-auiiruea at imutna.
-
Guiana Jan. 4. A nation wide cam
paign 10 aaaiai in revival or uusiiiea
aitlvlty under the slogan "Buy It Now"
waa lauucted here by the Agricultural
Publishers ansoclatloii and the nation-
al aaaoelatlou of farm papera tialay.
Briefly the movement purpia" l
ipilikeu comnienliil and manufactur-
ing line by haateiilng pun-haaes which
In the ordinary eourae of affairs mint
1 be made aooner or later. An apiieal
la directed imrtlcularly to rarmera
who are to lie urged lo buy uecesaary
Implements and materials now rather
than to wait until spring.
The plan does not urge Indiscrimin-
ate buying by rather ecouonileal buy-
ing of those things which must be
Isiught later.
The committee retsirt which preaent-
ed the plan pointed out that "the farm
population alone Is nearly 400110000."
And that the average expenditure of
ten dollars would plsee more than
1400000000 lu circulation."
NO MRU DISEASE
Dr. F. M. Brewer Returns te Oklaho-
ma City After Aiding In Kentucky
Hoof and Mouth Fight.
I Dr. r. W. Brewer Inspector In
charge for Oklahoma of the federal
bureau of animal Industry returned
today to Oklahoma City from Louis
villa Ky. where he haa been for the
last several weeks assisting local
official In stamping "out the foot ami
mouth disease among cattle. Dr. Brew-
er says sll efforts have been suc-
cessful In handling the dlaesse sod
there is none of It now
A greet fnsny head of livestock'
were kllll In tb pniess. of prevent -
.g the spread that Mug tbe only rf -
fecttve war final eontad could
ne
gained. It Is believed the dlaesse got
started from a shipment of hide from
Argentine destined lo a northern city.
VAM'ABTTiiAM0NO MNK
CIUCAt.O BOY 18 HEIJ)
Dallas. Tex. Jan. 4. Whereabouts
of the 110000 unset diamond inatchtsl
iroid tne snow wintiow i a uimuum
iewelrv store henv still is unknown
Members of the Jewelry firm said a
partial Inventory taken disclosed no
other valuables missing.
James. Williams 17 of Chicago ar-
rested In a chase that followed Ihe
breaking of the window glass sol
theft of the Jewels la held on war
rent churglng hurglary and Ihcft. Po
Ihe ar Inveatbjatlng a story that a
boy on a motorcycle received the
Blolen diamond.
PALACE 0rliRTs"8PACE
18 AWARDED TO (1ERMANY
Han Franclsisi Jan. 4. Two large
blocks of sisice In the Palace of Liber
al Art have been awarded to the
Oerman goverument by Ibe Panama-
Pacific International Exposition It
Bus been anuouueed.
mm army
facing in
Lack or Food IN1 pur led at Cilv
and iarriiiii in dalii ia; IVs-
tilfiice Is rf ailing.
i
IlilL I IW I irnli IV i ii.i.
'l"' ' 7J M Hri.-
"
Trociis Aiinear Disbearted Fol-
. . 1 .
Uv lug Failure of Austrian
Krliel Forces.
l.i'iiiliei'K. (.allrla. Jhii I
Ii Is
M Mill licit lllMl M-ittlll'lil' U Npri'llll
Iiik In tin- ill) mill hiiiiiiii; the niirrl
Hon 111 l'rziinHl. lil.'h now ul
mini l HI11. ill r. .1ms Ineffei llllli
Kortli". lill 'i 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 fi'iiin l'muiy hi
but Ibi'.i mi Iis liguiuiHly (.iihbiil
'I'biH 1: iliir ii j iIimmhIiI to Ho- pir
llaoli's kniiM Ii .liii- .f Hir riilluie of llii'
Aiihtrlitn iilli'f f I iiii-nk
Himny'i the Kiikklmi ilhiv
Pol i-ntnid. .lun
In i.ffiiilll lulu
11 1' ul Inn -11 v k :
' I Hi II I' 1 11 III .f .:MIHI J . i1m-
inll'li'il II lllsiHk'l' of lilt' lilTIIIMIlH
urn.s-i Hi" : 1111 In the Urlnlly of
kiiKl'fl liml Itl-i pL. having wali-h
ul Hie 1 iiui enli :i 1 Inn nf the enemy h
fnnin nlll' nf mil' L'lnl'liitls r't'llDll Ih
s''rr"1""1''1 t1"' eriiiiin. They at
1 mini: 11 shot ami In the hand to hand
Ulriicub' which followed killed aev-
etnl liinnlicl men
i1""' Kokllc.JII colli llllleH.
"Near I'l'-nk I'ass and IdtNtokl we
pmirri-ssoil He drove back the ene
my who fle. In .'rent disorder. We
i"iitmi"l 'Jiimi prl oners and wnie
inltriiilli'ii'es Se'enil cotiipanlea of
Au til iM miii Ti iiiieiisl In a body. In
ihe icireiit to l'-.i.( the Austrian
mI iiih'oiiisI arms and ainini nltlon. Our
offeiislie In lliiknwluii cniitlnueH "
Paris .Tnn I An official atnte-
iiieit Issued l'!iiy says:
"Kn iii the .a to Ihe olse tbe day
parsed In aliiii.st coniilele calm. The
weather Is rainy. In front of Nou-
lettes our artillery redin-ed the tier-
l1r "1'lr flr'' 'w'v ft"
'"'c r"em- Wv l'"'1"u lovaMwl of j
several points or eiipport iieiu ny tin .
(ierniniiK near ('enncs and or Mntlill
le Illll lUs.
lletwcen tlie Arxoune mid the
Meuse. as well as on Ihe height of
the Men' there has lieeti Intermittent!
ciiunoiiadliig An effort made y eater-1
day by our lrisi to on'tipy Boureull
an- j
les did not Niicceed
"Our ndvaiii-e cotitlnuisl in Ihe f
est of lpretie. which Is northwest
Pent a Mousson. I
"In upsT Alsili-e we lampled the
liiiMirtanl height lo Ihe west of Cer
nay A connlcr attack by the enemy
i iiiis.-i
ill neiinnscii. we mne ihm-ii is.s-
seslou of the vicinity of the. church
and of tbu cemetery
Berlin. Jan I - An official Mmmi-'''"1'
nlcstlon ssvs:
Only near Thatin. Alaa.s.. did the
enemy show any great activity today.;"' "r ""
.... Iawlaw1 til uiiaiul utioh lulumi.i Hufiit
After an overwhelming bombardmenl
or the heights lo the weat of Hemie
helm the enemy aneceede.1 during the
evening In capturing our demolished
tienchea on these helghta sud In
nctloti therewith the village of Stlon-1
bach which we atubl.mly defemleil.
Tbe helshts were re taken durlns the
night after a bavonet attack. Fight-
iniift .' n
ing for tlw village of Stlenheeh iuuv
Mrues.
"In the eastern theatre the situation
la unchanged Our attacks In Poland
to the esst nf Ihe Rawka river con-
tinues." HE liASTGOOI) TIME
Veteran Soldier Enjoys Life In Okla-
homa City When Net In Jail Parol
ed Fourth Time Is Depart.
Three limes within the Isst few
days isiroled I" lesve limn and each
time to land back In the city Jail on
a drunk (barge haa been the ciierl
enoe of Clint Parkhurst an aged ei
'. soldier who was for the fourth time
.. . p.rshniiii . th- til
saked to leave town ny Jiiage rrice
1 " w h
CL he time of hi. life alti.v he
... . ...... .....
came lo this city several days ago
and barring the time he has ssnt In
uu is he haa en loved himself.
lledeolaree that he nerved Ibniugli
Ihe civil war spent several yeara In
the fao.ou AndersiMivllle prlaon and
was wounded several times during the
war. He says he was In the iiewapa-
.r busineas until about ten yeara ago.
in: prouuaeu junge rnra unit ne
would hjsve for parla nnknown this
morning ami witn nis -uurrie nag
over his shoulder started north. Park
hurst admitted to the polt this morn
ing that his name wasn't Parkhurst
hut tliat It was the first name that
came to his mind when arrested.
woman1tate8enatir'
is appointed in oregon
Ralem Ore Jan. 4 Covemor Os-
....1.1 lf.u.S asetn.vaaKI tliu -aiuuilut
WHIM T fsl lin- siiiiiiiii-ti tuir 'p.ii ill - (
umt of MIh-4 Kmhrvu Clnrk of (ilrn-l
dale to be state sennlor to till a v.l
canty.
ine attorney general us;i riueu mall
the governor bad no eon.illntlonal an
Sk. .! tit ab eli. mAt iuli.rlul aa kil .1 I
iiiuin.1 rai..iiriiir-'i. "I'isnoi
metit. If eatel Miss Clarke will
the first woman senator lo sent lu
tbe Orvgou senate. . .
Latest Photo of the Kaiser Showing How
His Hair Is Turning Gray Since War Began
trl
Ah rT? A-
If VKTl I J? 1i V L.XW -4
' u- I i h i '
-v I I 1 4 ." e '
r ' :f ' f V -':-s-: va . I :y: '.
This la Ihe latest phot of Kalaer
rieM wiiiorm. aiM H u Ihe lira picture Ukea ef him sine Im adooted U.
itui ine airiking )aV ahout Ihe sttete u Us eenflmiaUaai f sUftesaenU bi
Neveral rable e)aMiletor freen rerreapetMletrt who have 1 neatly see him
that his hair hsa tamed crav. itMUeranha ef the kilwsr tmkmn Wmtarm ih
war show him with Iran gray hair retitalnlng more black lhaa ray. Tbe
change in his appearance la therefore very noticeable.Singer Soul Upsel
Peal Wooes
M J..pU. Mo.. Jan. 4. - The rich
a! ra ns (mm Mm ulna .i-. i illu
... W1.rU. ..l...r.i. ..i..i i...
MM Any A1(r)(.l uf
'remarkable heauiv ami ..nwle.l mi.
'!'" Honjamln liivens.rt dr-
""' " '. '
'" '"l nia ie .11 a-raiiieui-
' .j.-. ...u ..s.....
"V'.?;- ."T ''7'' ';'
: "INhMl "vll Isatlmi .1 the a at
I '" u " J MIhh Aldr l.h
" Hbt of a revoher
0 ""rrJllm
I A laveiip..rl has leu lo
JUu" wmt J' sslmojst
"" "n'T -" '";
tent In ki t Hint inrrvlni imium w
neap his against him. ills Ixnul waa
tlaced at $."i(SKI. and he has lieen
unable to find aisspiable auretlea.
Davenport la taking his Impris-
onment philosophically lie has orgsn-
tsed a men's chorus of the Jail pris-
oners. On Christinas day an elaborate
musical program was given In the
prison.
Miss Aldrlrh Distracted.
Miss Aldrlrh. who swore to (he In-
formstlon against lsveiisut la ills
traded over the affair.
"It Is with the greatest regret
that I have labium Involved in this af-
fair. I acted only tweauae 1 was mor-
tally afraid of Mr. Daveuiairt." Mine
Aldrlrh said In her soft contralto
voice. "I dreaded Ihe publicity of
the courts and tried In every way to
avoid legal act Inn but his actions
made It absolutely necessary. I signed
Ihe complaint at the ndvlce of friends
and relatives."
The alleged aanlt took plats? at
the young woman' home the night of
!eceuiher It and la understood to
have followed a iiiarrel In which liv
enisiri msisieo nini uiey is- iimrritsi
" ItHatlves of Davenport say
i ''-' " cngag.sl. Mls Aldrlch
I th'" tm- ;
l n ii jnm i 'ihhi"'i i e-iii iri tii
Mmtsls
W HEAT tiOINU I P.
Chlcags Jan. 4. Wheat prle-
es lopped all previous high rec-
ords since the beginning of Ihe
Eurepean war here today. May
delivery went te ft Ul II 4 a bush-
el a compared with II. I! on
September 5 last when specu-
lative etcltentenl In regard to
trans-Allantlc developments was
meat acute.
The shutting out of fear of
Argentine competition waa the
i j M-t w.
fan In thm m L.sl mmrkisl
Ocean freight rates from Argeif
. M sharply advanced
. . . . . . . a a
that isoihii Assencasi gram ns
in i. retatlvelv rhean.
17
WUhelm. He i wrariuc kk mw .ray
By Organ
Player With Gun:
in the army and for several mouths
was stationed st Fort lavenworth
here he attended the military
M'hisil. When lu 11118 tbe trouble with
Mexico came he was vnlered to the
Mexican border In A rlr ma. There u
horse fell on bis hand. Incapacitation
him from further military service.
Me was discharged ami returned lo
St. Joaeph. Here he resumed bis vo
cal work.
No Trouble.
lu the county Jail offb Davenport
denied there had been "any trouble
nf a serious nature" between himself
anil Miss Aldrlrh. jlo give lip the nfflis' and Itcutys si
"The fact is" he said. "Amy has ' tnrnevs will now irike court action
Iss'ii on the verve of a nervous break ' against him The dccishai of the
ilnuii for the last two or three weeks. ; vwir imrt lll tint !' taken aa final
and she hardly knowa what she Is however. nr the cne will at once In-
duing. This la a trumiied up charge ' P t( o. supreme court
sgslmt me." 1 (.lllv isimmlssUniers this morn
lie prislucetl a card case with two ( (irv tl. f ll.mly. This
photographs of Mis Aldrlch a front (( (nl.lllU1 y Ilesty as a reoognl
utld a side view.
"And heres s meaiuig from her" :
be said. "Iiis's this look like we'd i
fallen out'"
The niessaire wss Juat s line on a
personal csril sylun "lours with
love always "
TEST "cAsiTls" FILED
Attorneys File Hull in SuM-rior Ceurt
and Will Test alidlty of the Doubt-
ful Superior Court.
Judge C. 11. Ilarnetl lis.L his seat
on the bench of the aniierior court
this mornlug and os'iied court. He
also appointed Thomas I'.. Cllft court
steuofrsph4r. After wiling the case
of Hatflel4. . Thompson for Janu -
ary T the court was adjourned to.
that date. '
lu thla case Mrs. Inu It. Hatfield
Is suing J. F. Tknuipaou for to7r on
a note. It waa slated May by Ken
nett and Pope attorneys for Mrs. Hat
field that they Intend to make a tesi
case of thla to determine whether oi
not there la such a court aa tbe mi
perlnr court. A writ of prohibition
will be Baked of the supreme court ii
was slated restraining Judge Harnett
fnsii trying the case. In this way It
will lie brought to the supreme court
Immediately and a decision on this
will constitute a decision on the uue
Hun of the validity of the nfflis? of
jiu.ge pi uie aiipenor conn.
FlflTtlR l rrri-Tirfi i.s!v
ii I u .prvru 71
! HIS SI EECH IN MORAVIA
i l-nndon. Jan. I - A n.M.
utim correnMinibnl fisasmlls a (Ms
!tcll from Vienna which aava
i-ewsstper editor. Joseph Vl ..f
Pnauvnlts Moravia wss wmdei mwi
I ... II III 1
ti llA.lft h ....r ..
i insiimi uir a seui
I lolls speech and was exeentad
I l.iriin nCr.t MM.l.... ..... .
hits.
LEGISLATURE
SCHOOL LAND OFFICE
Resolut'on Will Be Introduced in
House Tomorrow Calling For In-
vestigation of State Department
Probably Paving Way For Oth-
er Similar Actions; Charged That
; Political Powers Have Been
I Favored With Oil Leases.
One of the lirat things that will be presented to the fifth Okla-
homa legislature after it convene tomorrow at noon will be a reto-
lution calling for an investigation of the state school land department.
The resolution will be introduced in the house and will provide
it is understood for a joint committee probably of three from the
house and two from the senate to conduct the probe. The Introduc-
tion of the resolution probably will break the way for resolutions to
investigate several other departments also for a probe of nunori that
some cAndidates in the recent primary and general elections exceed-
ed the legal limit on campaign expenditures.
(III. l)t (K
riltshurgh Jan. I. n ad-
vance of five rents a barrel on
the principal criulrn of rrude
oil waa annouiii'ed today by the
Weat I'ennsyltania Oil Com-
pany mailing Die prices aa
follows:
PeimsyliHiiia rrude $10;
Mercer Mark am) New faatle
I1.S7; (ahell. 11.10; Somerset.
JMI; Kagland .70. Corrlng wan
advanced ten renin bringing il
to Mi. This is Ihe first ad-
vance since XnciiMt and Is ex-
pected lo remit In renewed ac-
tlvily In eastern Ohio western
Pennsylvania and Weat Vir-
ginia fields.
KIRItY REFUSES
TO SURRENDER
Demand f er rnaaeiln ef (Hfice of
Court Clerk by Jnes Iteatty ud
Case Will Go lo Court.
A scuffle In which 110 one was hurt.
but In which rather Irrltuted words
were passed ensued this morning
when Thomas K. Kirby slid his forte
ncotinieri'd s full alignment behind
the (siiinler on their arrival lu tl f
fits? of district court said allmiuient
lielng lidded by .lames Real. v. who
was In the recent elts'tlon lo tbe of
fns? nf court clerk.
Just how Ihe new forts? gullied ar
cess lo the offlis' lit) IHM) knows as
klrhy had the keys but tho fad r-
mains Ibal they were there and as the
old Incumbents filed III they were r-
jipicstisl In caruisst language to abdi
I cute.
I Complying with the Instrudlons of
1 his attorneys. Heat demtuded sm
session of the office and that Klrhy
and his force anile Mrby refused
. . 1. 1. the of
fbv while the commissioner tsmtetid
that It Is simply miss!ii on Ihe valid
It y of the bond and In im way affists
the offlis. nor coiislllutes an action
thensin.
Klrhy is still In isissossinii of Ihe
keys and conlends that as Here is a
question about the offbv. he i-nnnot
turn over the authority to Ileal).
HAVS SHRAPNEL 8IIF.IJ-S
CM SKD SKRIOl S WOl'MW
New York Jsn. 4-Hhrspnel wounds
have irtilishly Is-en attrlbutetl lo duiii
dum bullets and let! to chargea that
prohibited mlaalleH were being used In
the KurNan war. ansinlliig to Ir.
P. P. Walker of Stockton. Calif. who
wrved In the Harjes amhulams? corm
n Krauts-. Dr. Walker who srrlved
here on the steamer Arable from I.lv
etiool said he fallisl to find any erl
It tire of the dumdum bullets
Tf inn t i rr rttrrrt inrr rr ir a r
TO BE SHOWN
s.eiies of fighting in Kelcjuiu of
Hie liurtittig of Ihe prluclial cities.
thoiis'iiHls of refugees fleeing Ihe
c.uiiiit. thrilling pictures of evacua-
tion nl towns are shown In the films
Msnsl by the Oklahoma City Press
m la shown In Ihe Overholser
i theater Vediietlay and Thursday of
Ttw"'1 P'nrea were se
(rs iy a staff artl-t of the Chicago
iTrlluuie who w sent to Belgium to
lake I lieu) They represent war condl
' tlmis as tin y are and are the only
niodtig pictures tnkrn In Belgium st
'' f'"'ln the first sttsck ofI !.. I.'.o.ui.d
- ; -"-"'-
. I 'I'here are fiiur reels show Ins tbe
i.....iM .. ai..i u.ll.u. .lA
1st ruction of TsriuooiJ and the Seed
10 PROBE
Mini) CrilirisiH. )
The slnti' schisil laiid department
has Iismi the s . il f s-t of mmii crltlclam
during the past two yssrs. In the lant
legislature It was prnlwil but gie a
clean bill of health by the offleieut-y
column te' of the bouse. Tbe house
L'cneral Invest icatlng (ssiitnltlee ber-
ieier crltb led the Mnrlsiiil blanket '
".nil and gas lease and made rectsnmeo
I il.'iflniu. which hsl to legislation limit" .
1 lug nmoiint of nit lunds that could hi
i Icnscd lo hii on riMi In the future. '
.j A rec.'M session uf the Oklahoma
.isiiinly gruml lui v after hearing some
j evidence submitted by State Rxamllier
janil lnsNfor Fred Parklnsan and tM It
ers. reisiminiMideil Hint the legislature
nuke a Iboroiigh probe of the ilepart-
rntit.
To Probe Lean.
It Is imilomliNsI that mutters that
III I haikcd Into by the Joint pn!
committer nf the leglala'iire. If ail-
thorlse! will lie charges Inst certslii
s-tle with n pnllilml pull linve been
lornied more money from the state
scbtsil land fund than inlillisl to un-
der Ihe law and that favoritism Is be-
ing shown In leasing the oil sud oili-
er mineral lauds.
John AMlllums. secretary and chief
ChTk Miller if the achodl laml dewrt-
m.'iit have reslgiHsl effective Jitnunry
11. They will not therefore s In of
lici when a 11 sirt la made. It la un
dent ssl that Ihe legislature will fa-
vor rutting dowu the clerical force of
the detriment and eliminating aomo
of the high salaried clerkship
LONDON MARKET
OPENS QUIETLY
Small Attendance at First Hessian ef
Stock Eichauge Since July; .Re-
strictions Prev ent Panic.
I omloii Jan. 4 The stock exchsnge
re-osned for bustneaa today after
liming been cltswl on account of tbu
war since July IK). Severe restriction-!
were pi seed on trading to prevent any-
thing approaching a panto by the sell-
lug of or uuloadlug of securities by
llosll!- ivuilffiee.
Tin slon oKned wltb ringing
clnsTs and to the strains of tbe na-
tional anthem heartily sung by a
rather smaller attendance than usual.
A number of British and French mem-la-rs
ueri' ahsetil on account of tbe
war. All .illens were excluded from
tbe flooi.
The fa. I that liusineas was raaumetl
even on a limited wale Is taken to
Indicate the greatest crisis In the his-
tory ot the evi'haiue has been safoly
iiegotlaii'.l I hiring the first hour s
Iraillng not a single bargain' (Kmirret!
In Americans ami only a few of theeo
securities appeared.
TWO AlSTRIAN .ENERAIJ4
RETIRE IH E TO HEALTH
Vienna vis Ixuidon Jan. 4. EmpsT-
or Frauds Joseph has accepted the re-
tirement appllcatlona of Oners I IJIhi-
rlus Vou Frank comiiisnder of the
Fifth army corps and Field Marshal
Arthur Pityborskl. Both were active
In Hervla. lietieral Vou Frank who
(Mi uplcd Ilelgrililn I hsvinls-r '. rstlrea
it la Mtnmiincctl owing lo 111 beslth.
AT OVERHOLSER
Ing of Pierre. Many other scenes are
Included hi tbe collection. There W
no plot lo tlie picture other lhaa (he
Ule they tell of actualities. The ytct-
uree ha ro already been abown la msny
of Ihe eastern dtlea and everywhere
gnat crowds have ot tended the thea-
ters tn get a glimpse first hand ef
the horrible conflict In the European
count rie " i
It. J. Edwards an Oklahoma Cltjr
man who has seen Ihe ptctnres says
they are the most wonderful be bad
ever seen and the Story they sell holds
the spectatnre fsst until the ttffct
fades kwsy tm the Ut scene.
These ptctnres rtU U eaiUtU"!
WediMstaiay and Thursday ss t' v
week for the admlsstea prUe d
and JO cent.
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Graves, R. S. The Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 226, Ed. 1 Monday, January 4, 1915, newspaper, January 4, 1915; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc169695/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.